Geopolitics
- www.foreignaffairs.com Israel Is Winning
But lasting victory against Hamas will require installing new leadership in Gaza.
But Lasting Victory Against Hamas Will Require Installing New Leadership in Gaza
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Why France is Actually Preparing for War With Russia
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Very insightful video about the continuous history of French colonialism in Africa.
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cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/22317595
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Israel Is Losing this War | The Nation
www.thenation.com Israel Is Losing this WarDespite the violence it has unleashed on Palestinians, Israel is failing to achieve its political goals.
- engelsbergideas.com Epitaph on a mafioso’s grave
Prigozhin thought that his ‘hard drive’ of Putin’s murky network of contacts, conspiracies and deals might save him, following his mutiny. He was wrong. But his murder means Putin is now more Mafia Don than Imperial Tsar.
Not sure where to put it - here or for book promotions
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ISW's analysis of Wagner's halted advance on Moscow
www.understandingwar.org Institute for the Study of WarThe Kremlin announced late on June 24 that Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko negotiated a deal under which Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin will travel to Belarus without facing criminal charges in Russia; some portion of Wagner Group
Some key takeaways:
The Kremlin struggled to cohere an effective rapid response to Wagner’s advances, highlighting internal security weaknesses likely due to surprise and the impact of heavy losses in Ukraine.
Putin unsurprisingly elected to back the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and its ongoing efforts to centralize control of Russian irregular forces (including Wagner) over Prigozhin.
The Lukashenko-brokered agreement will very likely eliminate Wagner Group as a Prigozhin-led independent actor in its current form, although elements of the organization may endure under existing and new capacities.
Prigozhin likely gambled that his only avenue to retain Wagner Group as an independent force was to march against the Russian MoD, likely intending to secure defections in the Russian military but overestimating his own prospects.
The optics of Belarusian President Lukashenko playing a direct role in halting a military advance on Moscow are humiliating to Putin and may have secured Lukashenko other benefits.
The Kremlin now faces a deeply unstable equilibrium. The Lukashenko-negotiated deal is a short-term fix, not a long-term solution, and Prigozhin’s rebellion exposed severe weaknesses in the Kremlin and Russian MoD.
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Israel's Religious Demographic Crisis (and why it's only going to get worse)
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The War for Computing Power Is In Full Swing
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Based on a book "Chip War" by Chris Miller
- apnews.com G7 urges China to press Russia to end war in Ukraine, respect Taiwan's status, fair trade rules
The Group of Seven wealthy democracies have urged China to push Russia to end its war on Ukraine. In its joint statement, the G7 says it does not want to harm China and wants “constructive and stable relations.” It says the members are “seriously concerned” about the situation in the East and South ...
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Power as a tool to control survival
I have written this article on power of human groups. I'm absolutely sure you'll find it extremely useful.
Ipv4 users will be able to browse it with Tor Browser!
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Nato’s border with Russia doubles as Finland joins alliance - BBC News
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- theintercept.com Biden Administration Splits on Prosecuting Russia for War Crimes in Ukraine
The shadow of U.S. war crimes in Iraq hangs over the Pentagon's refusal to support probes into Russian atrocities in Ukraine.
- euobserver.com [Opinion] Squeezed between China and Russia, Mongolia backs Ukraine
Due to its geography, squeezed between China and Russia, the government of Mongolia is forced to perform a balancing act. However, public opinion in Mongolia resolutely condemns the brutal attack against this sovereign nation.
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France secretly owns 14 countries
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Colonialism isn't a thing of the past
- www.businessinsider.com India is trying to get G20 countries to follow Putin's instruction not to refer to Russia's war in Ukraine as a 'war,' reports say
India has tried to convince G20 member countries to instead refer to the military conflict in Ukraine as a "crisis" or a "challenge."
Because ofcourse it is
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Which country makes the best UAVs?
Tesla self driving, jk.
Prob USA
But after USA? I haven't seen any vids about Chinese or Russian UAVs. Turkey and Israel?
At very least Turkey's value pack for UAVs for countries on a budget
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r/geopolitics2 has 500 users, largely dissatisfied with r/geopol. If someone has an idea, we could maybe bring those users to lemmy instead of them moving to that 2nd sub.
www.reddit.com r/geopolitics2r/geopolitics2: The study of how factors such as geography, economics, military capability and non-State actors affects the foreign policy of State …
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1997 book called the Russian move on Georgia and Ukraine
Ukraine should be annexed by Russia because "Ukraine as a state has no geopolitical meaning, no particular cultural import or universal significance, no geographic uniqueness, no ethnic exclusiveness, its certain territorial ambitions represents an enormous danger for all of Eurasia and, without resolving the Ukrainian problem, it is in general senseless to speak about continental politics". Ukraine should not be allowed to remain independent, unless it is cordon sanitaire, which would be inadmissible
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What would happen if georgia joined the war with ukraine against russia?
2008 score to settle
not sure if we have any georgians here who could attest to georgia majorly buffing up their military since 2008
New alliance; ARA - attacked by russia anonymous
- reason.com Examining America's war in Iraq after 20 years
It was a blunder. Worse than that, it was a crime.
- apnews.com Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan martial ruler in 9/11 wars, dies
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, has died, officials said Sunday.
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5 takeways from the World Economic Forum, where the world minus Russia met (Geopolitics with Alex)
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- www.vox.com Despite its brutal tactics, Iran’s regime fails to contain mass protests
The women and youth-led movement has proven hard to put down.
- www.businessinsider.com Putin's 'desperation' in Ukraine is making Russia more dependent on other pariah states, top Pentagon official says
"The power equation between Russia and Iran appears to be kind of out of whack," Colin Kahl, US undersecretary of defense, for policy said this month.
- www.bbc.co.uk Kherson: Russia to withdraw troops from key Ukrainian city
Russia orders its military out of the Ukrainian city, the only regional capital captured in the war.
#GoodwillGesture #Regrouping #ChoosingAdvantageousPosition #InsignificantCity /s
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The future of dictatorships in an era of space exploration
This is my personal take on what possibilities could space exploration and colonization offer to authoritarian regimes in extending their control and consolidating their rule.
Hypothetically speaking, with how space and transport technologies are progressing, we may encounter a second phase of globalization which connects planets and galaxies together within an ecosystem maintained by big intergovernmental, law-making organizations (I'd call this the international sphere/order 2.0) . Subsequently, the territories of a given State may be distributed on several planets and bodies.
Now, let us assimilate this futuristic reality with more concrete elements. We've encountered in this century few examples of dictatorships' aggressive behavior in consolidating their power and mitigating revolutions. This was manifested in the construction of new capitals restrained only to the elitist classes and the governmental bodies; this is notably the case in Egypt, Myanmar and Brazil. The logical reason behind this initiative is to reduce the possibilities for popular uprisings to topple those tyrannical regimes. For instance, Egypt's new capital is located in the hit desert 45 km away from Cairo (former capital and big centre for lower class); if a popular uprising was to be born in Cairo, it would be virtually impossible for it to reach the capital.
Tying the strings together, a post-space-exploration dictatorship may establish its capital on a remote body away from the revolting populace, thus squashing the phenomenon of rebellion once and for all. This is of course assuming that the lower classes would still have limited access to the outer space, and I don't see that as far fetched with the ever-increasing inequality.
The same thought process, I argue, could be applied to the sphere of international affairs and politics in many respects. Access to space is like the birth and expansion of civilizations but this time it's in a wider, spatial cadre.
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Understanding the War in Ukraine (1) - General
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I previously linked a similar video by our former PM Alexander Stubb, this is a start of the video series.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9zL6xEwtVujfHHif6MyfIFxP_G44sfAG Here's the playlist
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What is going on with the UK? Also, where are they heading?
Scotland almost left, political instability, queen dead. My theory is brexit fall out + covid.